The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-07-02


except some fine funeral urns. covered
each with round stone shoppers. each
containing skeleton. when the pick
of one of the workmen all at once laid
bare a bed Of queer whitc-colored ma-
terials which looked ike ag@lomerated
concrete. Heaven be praisedl One
side Of these l,arallclopipcds was coated
with colorcd enamel.
The trench was directed parallel with
the facade Of the palace. and the me-
thodcal excavation continued Tor
about 200 feet. with a breadth OF 20
feet. One month later we were able
10 put together on the floor of our tent
the enamels composing magnificent
lions In low relief. each measuring SIX
feet i'm height aud over eleven feet from
the tin Of the nose 60 the end OF the
tail. The animal stands out against
turquoise blue background; the body
Is white. the head surrounded by
sort Of green yictorinc, the mustache
blue and yellow, the TANKS white, the
belly blue
TO the right Of the room IL was easy
10 see that there was an interruption
i'm the deposit of enamelled debris. in-
dicating the position of n vast entlsnce;
finally the position of the bricks. and
of the unbaked clay walls against
; which they were fixed. showed that the
|, lions, nine i'm number. had crowned
, pvlon and had fallen on 10 the paved
, floor of the court. breaking the tiles
7 situated below the enamcicd bricks,
aud leaving intact those which had not
: borne the shock of the wall. Mixed
! M with the bricks we found a skeleton
9 crushed by the fall of the masonry. a
u marvellous opal seal which once be-
q longed 10 Nerxes, n cone OF carved
y ivory. aud thousand utensils.
Il These discoveries were the most inn
@ portant Of the whole campaign. The
Il east trenches, however. gave Us some
q entirely new information about the
"a ancient Notifications, and furnished
n n contingent Of various objects, such
~ as spear-heads, tear bottles, bronze
, aud terra-cotta lamps, engraved stones,
= bronze coins, and series OF funeral
y urns arranged in files, and often ono
= row on the top Of another.
IN The excavations alongside the py-
+ ZONES enabled rs To find the base of the
10 surrounding wall and fortified door.
w This opening was based, contrary To
re the usage, on terra-cotta foundations.
nj Never. since the beginning of the ex-
ly cations, had we met with an ancient
ed wall built with similar materials, aud
ed Heaven knows how anxi0uSly we had
Ia sought for such precious guide
or Monsieur Diculafoy thought at once OF
,n the palace Of Darius, destroyed, ac
81 cording to the account of ArtaNerNe'
Muemon. in the reign of his great an
y. cestor-a palace of which the pave
100 ment had been found atanother point
le' He was not mistaken. All our offort
th were then concentrated on this part q
nd the excavations. aud soon our work
tut men succeeded in taking out, frag
cir ment by fragment, the friezc OF arch
ey ers, which in few months the publ
ok will be able 10 admire in the Louvr
OF Museum.
The bricks composing this frieze
NJ unlike those of the lion, did not alice
,en the form of paialelopipeds. The
40 were fiat and square. and made OF
kind of concrete combining the whit,
ness of plaster with the hardness 9
:, stone. The subject painted on tn
ike edge and treated with minute care wa
its very difficult TO recompose. One ia
in we discovered u hand the next day
Of foot with golden boot; finally ia
nj enamels became abundant, and "
a,n were able. aided by the continuity
-. the subject and by the way IL was ct
aos out into rectangular sections, To rccol
y stitute parsonage forming part OF
ny bass-relief representing processio
oes Of archers.
airy The warriors are figured in prom
and marching; on their shoulders re
n bow and an immense culver; the
carry javelin terminating IN silv'
pomegranate. The veStmcnts are q
'nie cut after the same pattern. They al
ICES composed of robe slit in front,
ily, a short shirt with long sleeves. draw
MI. In round the waist by a bolt, and
round Jacket closed over the breas
nan A rich band of ornament trims the he
OK OF the garments. The stufis are diiie
be- ent. Some are golden yellow en-
him broidered with blue and green daisie
'uld others have white ground. and be-
he on black escutcheon picture OF u
\ Of citadel Of Susa; sometimes the rob
nan are white. and covered with Howe
title and stars set off by a black bac
hol. ground; the shirt Is black or yello'
tile the boots gold or blue. The archie
,has are crowned with n green torsadc, al
$50 bedeckcd with gold earrings ~
bracelets. Their SKIN Is black; q
"cn ewes are drawn as II they were SCI
Oh full face; the nose Is archedi the II
ON thin. and narrowly edged with ca
the mine. The curlcd beard Is relative
line short. the hair + curly only at the en-